It Takes a Village: Creating Campus Partnership Barbara J. D’Angelo ASU East Library Arizona Library Association December 2002

East Library Electronic in nature Service orientation Community orientation

MWTC Program New program begun in 2000 Applied professional program Traditional technical writing Website design Information management

MWTC Portal Project Proposed Fall 2001 User- centered design: what would happen if the students built it? Applied project –Students learn by doing –Real world scenario and product

MWTC Portal Goals Build information literacy into course design –Organization of information –Retrieval and use of information –Information management –Role of information and libraries in virtual environment Facilitate community building

Putting the Pieces Together ABOR Access and Workforce Development Grant Instructors MyLibrary Software

Putting the Course Together Communicating with the instructor Course technology –BlackBoard –MOO – /listserv Assessment

Library as Client Mimic real world consulting project Project management team responsible for all communication –Consultant-client NOT teacher-student Budget

Project Teams Project Management Content and Categories Interface and Documentation Graphics and Audience Analysis Usability and Community Relations Ethnographer

Chaos and Conflict Confusion and frustration Team communication issues Leadership emerged What is appropriate content?

Building Information Literacy Group discussions Writing assignments Reflection journals

Building Community MWTC Program – Library Students: finding program identity –Renamed portal –Created a logo –Developed content –Planned for future students External: MyLibrary development community

Current Status and the Future Initial version to be unveiled on December 12 Instructor committed to continue development in Spring 2003 course Complete documentation prepared by students Webmaster to continue as intern during Spring ‘03

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